The '59 bridge model (SH-1b) is a vintage output humbucker that's great for rock, blues, and more. Its vintage-inspired coils give it an airy quality that is firmly in the P.A.F. family, and the alnico 5 bar magnet and vacuum wax potting make it compatible with lighter guitar strings and louder amplifiers than were ever used in the 1950s. The result is a pickup with tons of old-school tonal character, but with a brighter top end, and a slightly more compressed sound.
The '59 model features a variety of traditional vintage treatments, such as 42AWG plain enamel magnet wire, long-legged nickel-silver bottom plate, and no logo. We order these pickups with four-conductor leads for coil splitting, and the '59's single coil mode is crystal clear. As with all of Duncan's P.A.F.-style pickups, the '59 vintage output humbucker is wound on Seymour's classic Leesona 102 pickup winding machine from the old Gibson factory in Kalamazoo, MI.